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noun

Custody n.

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. "A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas."

Judicial or penal safe-keeping. "Jailer, take him to thy custody."

State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. "What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment?"

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Etymology of 'Custody'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Roies" or imprisoned sovereigns of the Second Dynasty. "Ramraaje" alone is spoken of as king, and Kings Achyuta and Sadasiva — the latter of whom was undoubtedly recognised as king for some years though he was kept in custody — are not ...

— A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India • Robert Sewell

... apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring to trial, indict, attach, distrain, to commit, give in charge or custody; throw into prison. ...

— Public Speaking • Clarence Stratton

... in Heaven. What sit we then projecting peace and war? War hath determined us and foiled with loss Irreparable; terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought; for what peace will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment Inflicted? and what peace can we return, But, to our power, hostility and hate, Untamed reluctance, and revenge, though slow, Yet ever plotting how the Conqueror least May reap his conquest, and may least rejoice In doing what we ...

— Paradise Lost • John Milton

... died in 1694, her husband a year later; and the custody of the four surviving orphaned children devolved upon their uncles. William Gay's brothers were John and Richard, who resided at Frittelstock; James, Rector of Meeth; and Thomas, who lived at Barnstaple. Mrs. Gay's only brother was ...

— Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) • Lewis Melville

... that time amounted to 36,000 marks, or 72,000 pounds' weight of silver—about sixteen or seventeen million francs of present currency. The treasury, which was kept in the great tower of the temple (Fig. 262), was under the custody of seven bourgeois of Paris, and a king's clerk kept a register of receipts and disbursements. This treasury must have been well filled at the death of Philip Augustus, for that monarch's legacies were very considerable. One of his last wishes deserves to be mentioned: and this was a formal ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

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